Modern Rock gets its own chart.
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Modern Rock Chart Debuts It was the artists who DID NOT want to be "charted"! Billboard Magazine had other ideas, as it published its first Modern Rock Tracks Chart in their September 10th issue in 1988. The chart ranked the top 30 tracks played on Modern Rock stations across the country, which also included non · commercial college rock stations, giving the "alternative" sub·genre of rock their own chart. As with other Billboard charts, this aided radio station managers and program directors to give the most airplay to the songs most popular among modern rock listeners. The chart's first number one came from Siouxsie and the Banshees' Peek · A · Boo. |
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Established Bands Find Early Success On Modern Rock Chart
Although the chart didn't debut until September, the first year of Billboard's Modern Rock chart nearly seemed like a full year, as all of the number ones - 5 total - came from modern rock's established bands. The list includes Siouxsie and the Banshees, Big Audio Dynamite, the Psychedelic Furs, the now · legendary band U2, and R.E.M.
| Title | Artist | Peak | Date Of Entry |
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| Peek·A·Boo | Siouxie And The Banshees | # 1 | 1988-09-10 |
| Just Play Music! | Big Audio Dynamite | # 1 | 1988-09-10 |
| Crash | The Primitives | # 3 | 1988-09-10 |
| Breakfast In Bed | UB40 & Chrissie Hynde | # 4 | 1988-09-10 |
| Tumblin' Down | Ziggy Marley & The Melody Makers | # 5 | 1988-09-10 |
| Intoxication | Shriekback | # 6 | 1988-09-10 |
| All That Money Wants | The Psychedelic Furs | # 1 | 1988-09-10 |
| Wild Wild West | The Escape Club | # 3 | 1988-09-10 |
| What's The Matter Here? | 10,000 Maniacs | # 9 | 1988-09-10 |
| What's On Your Mind | Information Society | # 10 | 1988-09-10 |
| Christine | House Of Love | # 8 | 1988-09-10 |
| Up There Down There | Patti Smith | # 6 | 1988-09-10 |
| High Time | Icicle Works | # 13 | 1988-09-10 |
| Liar Liar | Debbie Harry | # 14 | 1988-09-10 |
| Don't Go | Hothouse Flowers | # 7 | 1988-09-10 |
| Dumb Things | Paul Kelly & The Messengers | # 16 | 1988-09-10 |
| Motorcrash | The Sugarcubes | # 10 | 1988-09-10 |
| Back On The Breadline | Hunters & Collectors | # 6 | 1988-09-10 |
| Don't Walk Away | Toni Childs | # 17 | 1988-09-10 |
| All I Wanted | In Tua Nua | # 17 | 1988-09-10 |
| What I Am | Edie Brickell & New Bohemians | # 4 | 1988-09-10 |
| Glad I'm Not A Kennedy | Shona Laing | # 14 | 1988-09-10 |
| So Excited | Ranking Roger | # 23 | 1988-09-10 |
| Talkin' About A Revolution | Tracy Chapman | # 24 | 1988-09-10 |
| Chains Of Love | Erasure | # 22 | 1988-09-10 |
| Crystal Palace | The Bible | # 26 | 1988-09-10 |
| Don't Let It Break You Down | Graham Parker | # 27 | 1988-09-10 |
| Never Tear Us Apart | INXS | # 28 | 1988-09-10 |
| Better Be Home Soon | Crowded House | # 29 | 1988-09-10 |
| Living For You | Joan Armatrading | # 30 | 1988-09-10 |
| Jesus Christ | U2 | # 9 | 1988-09-17 |
| Anchorage | Michelle Shocked | # 16 | 1988-09-17 |
| Another Kind Of Love | Hugh Cornwall | # 11 | 1988-09-17 |
| Shark Talk | Shriekback | # 19 | 1988-09-17 |
| Tell That Girl To Shut Up | Transvision Vamp | # 9 | 1988-09-17 |
| Jump In The River | Sinead O'Connor | # 17 | 1988-09-17 |
| Other 99 | Big Audio Dynamite | # 13 | 1988-09-17 |
| King Of Emotion | Big Country | # 11 | 1988-09-17 |
| I've Got A Feeling | The Screaming Tribesmen | # 7 | 1988-09-17 |
| Every Dog Has His Day | Let's Active | # 17 | 1988-09-24 |
| Put This Love To The Test | Jon Astley | # 3 | 1988-09-24 |
| Def Con 1 | Pop Will Eat Itself | # 30 | 1988-09-24 |
| The Killing Jar | Siouxie And The Banshees | # 2 | 1988-10-01 |
| Doctorin' The Tardis | The Timelords | # 17 | 1988-10-01 |
| Slow Turning | John Hiatt | # 22 | 1988-10-01 |
| Desire | U2 | # 1 | 1988-10-08 |
| Jane Says | Jane's Addiction | # 6 | 1988-10-08 |
| My Bag | Lloyd Cole And The Commotions | # 13 | 1988-10-08 |
| Carolyn's Fingers | Cocteau Twins | # 2 | 1988-10-08 |
| Away | The Feelies | # 6 | 1988-10-15 |
| The Great Commandment | Camouflage | # 3 | 1988-10-22 |
| Winning Side | Oingo Boingo | # 14 | 1988-10-22 |
| Domino Dancing | The Pet Shop Boys | # 22 | 1988-10-22 |
| If Love Was A Train | Michelle Shocked | # 20 | 1988-10-22 |
| Waiting For The Great Leap Forward | Billy Bragg | # 20 | 1988-10-22 |
| I'm Sorry | Hothouse Flowers | # 12 | 1988-10-22 |
| In Your Room | The Bangles | # 5 | 1988-10-29 |
| Dreamworld | Midnight Oil | # 16 | 1988-10-29 |
| I Don't Want Your Love | Duran Duran | # 13 | 1988-10-29 |
| I Say Nothing | Voice Of The Beehive | # 11 | 1988-11-05 |
| Angel Of Harlem | U2 | # 3 | 1988-11-05 |
| Ana Ng | They Might Be Giants | # 11 | 1988-11-05 |
| Charlotte Anne | Julian Cope | # 1 | 1988-11-12 |
| 1969 | The Pretenders | # 21 | 1988-11-12 |
| Turning The Tide | Richard Thompson | # 30 | 1988-11-12 |
| Orange Crush | R.E.M. | # 1 | 1988-11-19 |
| Way Behind Me | The Primitives | # 8 | 1988-11-19 |
| I'm An Adult Now | Pursuit Of Happiness | # 6 | 1988-11-19 |
| When Love Comes To Town | U2 | # 10 | 1988-11-19 |
| Walk The Dinosaur | Was (Not Was) | # 30 | 1988-11-19 |
| She's Got A New Spell | Billy Bragg | # 16 | 1988-11-26 |
| A Little Respect | Erasure | # 15 | 1988-11-26 |
| Be With You | The Jack Rubies | # 18 | 1988-11-26 |
| Cruella Deville | The Replacements | # 11 | 1988-11-26 |
| Pop Song 89 | R.E.M. | # 16 | 1988-12-03 |
| Perfect | Fairground Attraction | # 23 | 1988-12-03 |
| Im Nin'Alu | Ofra Haza | # 18 | 1988-12-03 |
| Fisherman's Blues | The Waterboys | # 3 | 1988-12-10 |
| Call Me Blue | A House | # 9 | 1988-12-10 |
| Stand | R.E.M. | # 1 | 1988-12-10 |
| Tears Run Rings | Marc Almond | # 8 | 1988-12-10 |
| Kiss | The Art Of Noise Featuring Tom Jones | # 14 | 1988-12-10 |
| Cat·House | Danielle Dax | # 29 | 1988-12-10 |
| Moons Of Jupiter | Scruffy The Cat | # 23 | 1988-12-10 |
| Walking Away | Information Society | # 15 | 1988-12-17 |
| Sweet Jane | Cowboy Junkies | # 5 | 1988-12-17 |
| (Believed You Were) Lucky | 'Til Tuesday | # 30 | 1988-12-17 |
| Was There Anything I Could Do? | The Go·Betweens | # 16 | 1988-12-24 |
| Teenage Riot | Sonic Youth | # 20 | 1988-12-24 |
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